Culinary strainer



A. LIPNER CULINARY STRAINER Filed April 21. 1927 30 or uncovered to revent boiling over.

Patented Aipr. 3, 1928. ,Y

v.UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

y .ABE :BIENE-3,01? INDIANA IABQBOR,.INIJJLAB'IA` i Y n i CULINARY savanna. y i Application nled April 1227. VSerial No. 185,402.

- :This invention relates to a strainer for ported Aabove the-strainer by the lid supportsv 50 cooking utensils, suchas pots, kettles, saucecarried by Ithe latter; f pans, `and the like.v `LF ig. '5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical lOne object `of my invention is to provide a sectional view taken on line 5--5 .of Fig. 4.;

strainer which iits lover the entire top porand Y Y f f tion fof the vessel and has its perforations Fig. y6 is a yperspective view .of `(me, 0f the 55 or aperturesrdistributed all over the top of lid supports. f i the vessel so that Ithe latter maybe drained The strainer of my invention comprises a at any place about the edge of the vessel, sheet metal ring '1 made channel shape Yand 10 and thus not confined to one place as when of a diameter yto fit over the upper edge of the straineropenings 'are restricted to one a'cooking pot or vessel 2 withthe beaded 60 location in the cover. Y 1 upper edge 3 of said vessel in the channel of Another object of my invention is to have the rin-g, as sho-wn lin F igs`.3 and 5. The

the connection 'between the A.strainer vand the ring 1 carries Ya -screen 4, which eXtendsover vessel detachable .so 4that the strainer may the opening inthe ring Sand which screen be readily .removed whenever desired, yet when ythe ring 1is on the upper-edge yof `the 65 when on the vessel yis sov tightly connected vessel completely covers it. Thusfthe screen therewith that the strainer will not drop oil' 4 serves as a guard to y:prevent anything when Vthe vessel Vis inverted for jcomplete dropping into -or being Aplaced .in the `vessel draining. i whilethescreen covers the same whet'herthe A further object of my invention'fis to Vessel is in use on a .cook-stove or set aside 70 provide the strainer with means lto 'support 'for its contents to cooler for later use. the lid of the vesselsligvhtly above lthe top y-Extending diametrically.acrossuthe 4rinoffl of the same when the strainer is on the ves- Von the v`under -side -of the screen 4 is a dat sel and thus close the vessel to the escape of metal bar 5 having bent up portions 6, 7

heat and -steam except `around the edges of fitting in the channelof the ring on opposite 75 'the 'lid and in that way conserve the .heat .sidesthereof and soldered Aor `otherwise rigwithin the vessel and save fuel, whilev atV the idlysecured thereto for fasteningthe bar to same time have the vesselsufeiently open the ring. These bent up portions 6, 7 conn lform to the lchannel in the ring v1 and iit A further obJect of myl invention is "to therewith over the bead 3 at the upper edge 80 have the lid supports pvotally connected 0f the vessel 2. The outer parts of :these with the strainer so that the supports may channel portions 6, 7 'are bent slightly inlbe swung ldown andou't ofthe way so that ward, as rvat 8 and .9, respectively,.fto Ahook the lid may he placed directly against the under the bead 3 Vof the vesselffor 'holding strainer to completely close the vessel'. the 4ring thereon. 85 The invention consists furtherv in the mat- The bar '5 continues beyond the ring 1 ters hereinafter described and claimed.. from tebent up portion 7 f thereof Sinto a .In the accompanying' drawingsVv handlervlO, which is outside the vessel so k'that 40 Fig. lis atop plan view of a cooking ves- 'the 4ringwith itsscreen 4 may be readily Y `sel ,having the strainer of my invention sip- Vlifted off and 4be placed back on .the same. 90 plied thereto; Y f i Invdoing'the latter, the'hoolred-end 8.of ythe f Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lid barfis first engaged `under the lbead i3 at .or cover for .the vessel placed over the one side of the same'and the ring 1 swung strainer; l y down onv the vessel about said .hookedend 8 Fig. .3 `-is an enlarged fragmentary vertical as a pivot until the opposite part 9 of the 95 sectional view .taken on Vline'3--3 `ot Fig. 2; *bar 5 snaps over the bead 3 and locks fthe Fig. Ll'is aside elevational view on the ring yon v`the saine. -A slight clearance is scale of Figs. 1 and 2, showing thef-lid supprovided between the part 9 and the ring .-1

so that the former may yield when snapping on and off thev bead.

The screen 4 also serves as a strainer when the vessel 2 with the ring 1 thereon is tilted into a position to drain the same. The bar 5, at this time, serves to support the solid contents in the vessel and thus relieve the screen of undue'strain, even when the vessel is inverted when completely draining it. With the screen 4 extending entirely ove! the top of the vessel 2', the latter may be drained at any place around the .edge

. have shown a form of fasten wherein the margin of the screen is clamped between a flange 12 about the inside of the ring and a liange 13 on the latter. The screen may be riveted to these flanges by riveting'V the same together through the screen, or vthe part-s may be soldered.

The upper flange 12 is provided with struck up eyes 14, 14 on opposite sides of the same, and these eyes accommodate loops 15 at the lower ends of lid supports 16. These supports are preferably made of wire and are provided at their upper ends with elongated loop sections 17, 17, which open inwardly and provide channels tov receive the ,y

outer edge of a lid 18 provided for the vessel 2. When the supports 16, 16 are swung down into inoperative positions against the screen 4, the lid 18 may be placed on the top of the ring 1 to close the vessel, as shown in Fig. 3. When the supports are raised, the vlid 18`is supported over the top of the vessel but suiiiciently above the same to allow for the escape of steam and hot gases when the vessel is over a lire. Thus, while the lid serves to confine the heat and save fuel, the outlet about the raised edge of the lid will allow steam to escape and thus prevent the vessel boiling over. y

The details of structure shown and described may be variously changed and modilfied withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A strainer of the character described, consisting of a sheet metal ring made channel shape to receive and fit over the upper edge of a cooking vessel and extend completely about the same, a screen carried by the ring andextending completely over the opening within the same, and means within the channel of the ring and carried thereby for releasably connecting the same to the upper edge of the vessel on applying the ring thereto.

2. A strainer of the character described,

consisting of a sheet metal ring made channel shape to receive and fit over the upper edge of a cooking vessel and completely sur- Y round the same, a screen carried by the ring and extending completely over the opening saine, a screen secured to the'ring and completely covering the opening within theisa'm'e,

a bar secured to the ring v'and extending across the same for strengthening said screen, said Vbar havingportions within the channel of the ring to. releasably fasten the ring on the upper edge of the vessel.

4. A strainer of the'chara'cter described, consist-ing of a sheet metal ring made channel shape to receive and fit over the beaded upper edge of a cooking vessel and completef ly surround the same, a screen' secured to the y ring and completelycovering the opening therein, a bar secured to said ring yand extending across the under side of the screen, said bar having channel shapedportions in ythe ring to hook under and snap over, respectively, the beaded upper edge of the vessel on applying the ring thereto, anda han.- dle for the bar outside of said ring. 5. A strainer of the character described, consisting of a sheet metal ring made channel shape to receive and fit over the upper edge of a vessel and extend completely around the same, a screen secured to-said ring and extending entirely over the opening therein, and means connected with the ring and movable from an inoperative position below the top of the ring to a position extending above the same for supporting a lid in spaced re,- lati on'above the ring. i

6. A strainer of the character described, consisting of a sheet metal ring made channel shape to receive and fit overl the upper edgeAV of a vessel and f extend completely around the same, a screen secured to said ring and extending entirely over the opening thgrein, and members pi'voted to the ring ,on the inside thereof and adapted to bek swung from inoperative positions lying against the screen to positionsexten'ding above the same for supporting a lid in spaced position above the ring.` Y n 7. A strainer of the character described,

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consisting of a sheet metal ring made chanscreen to positions extending above the same nel shape to receive and lit over the upper for supporting a lid in spaced position 10 edge of a vessel and extend completely above the ring, said members being made of around the same, a screen secured to said Wire and having loop sections at their upper ring and extending entirely over the opening edges to receive the outer'edge of the lid. therein, and members pivoted to the ring on In testimony whereof I ax my signature the inside thereof and adapted to be swung this 18th day of April, 1927. from inoperative positions lying against the Y v ABE LIPNER. 

